Barrette-pin.



1 0. & J. A; DURAN.

BABRETTE PIN. APPLIOATIOH FILED AUG.17, 190s. RENEWED APR. 21, 1911.

Patented Dec'.5 ,1-911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES c. DORANAND JAMES A. DORAN, or PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BARRETTE-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

Application filed August 17, 1908, Serial No. 448,815; Renewed April 21,1911. Serial No. 622,581.

To all whom 'itmay concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES C. DoRAn and J AMES A. DORAN, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence andStateof Rhode Island,

tary, and its joint and catch double and drawn up integrally from aback-plate which may be applied to or supplied with a face or front ofany suitable character and construction. 5

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is'aperspective view with a portion of the front plate broken away. Fig. 2is a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thepin-tongue detached. Fig. 4: is a perspective view. of the backplatedetached. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of the catch end of the back-plate.Fig. 6 is a cross-section through the joint. Fig. 7 is a perspectiveview of the back-plate before the joint and catch cups are cut toreceive the pin-tongue. Fig. 8is a plan view showing a double pin-tonguehaving its limbs bowed.

The pin-tongue shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 6, is double, that is to say,it is forked, or has two tines, limbs, or prongs, 1 and 2, which arefree at one end and are connected by some. sort of unitary head at theother end, and preferably this connection consists of coils 3 and atransverse connecting-element 4:, all made of one integral piece ofspring wire. This head constitutes a pivotal portion or a sort ofjournal by which the pin-tongue is pivotedin its joint. 7

The pin-tongue is mounted in a socket, or as it is called in the trade ajoint 5, on a back-plate 6, and a guard-catch 7 is also provided on theback-plate for engagement ferred to. The cup 9 has its inner verticalface 11 cut away to form an open front 12, as seen' in Fig. 1, and alsohas its top wall depressed centrally and cut out, or divided at thebottom of the depression to form an opening 13, as shown in Figs. 1, 2,4 and 5, to form a double guard-catch having the two lobes or pockets 14and 15' on opposite sides of the opening 13 to receive the ends of thepin-tongue as they are introduced through the opening 13. The curvedwalls adjacent to the said opening serve to divide thelobes or pocketsinto separate compartments for the independent reception and concealmentof the ends of-thepin-tongue and to guide the ends of the pin-tongue tothe opening 13 through which they are admitted into said lobes orpockets. r

The pin-tongue is appliedto the joint 5 by inserting it from the back ofthe back plate prongs first, so that said prongs project through theslots 10, and its head rests and finds a hearing within the joint, asindicated in Figs. 1, 2 and 6. The slots 10 are of such'length and soplaced that the pin-tongue normally stands off from the back-plate, as111 Figs. 2 and 6,, and when its free ends are depressed to engage thecatch the resilience separate slot is provided for each limb or prong ofthe double pin-tongue so as to keep them apart and thus insure thegreatest efliciency of the device in engaging and supporting the wearershair.

Thecatch is a guard catch, protecting and concealing the pin points allaround, and this catch has in its pockets or lobes 14 and 15 a separatecompartment or receptacle for each point of the pin-tongue, thus furtherserving to keep the double pin-tongue distended. The catch incloses bothends of the pin-tongue on all sides, and under tension. The guard-catchserves to so inclose the pin-tongue points as to prevent them fromcatching in the wearers hair. As shown in Fig. 8, the limbs of thepintongue may be bowed, as at 19, in order to hold the hair moresecurely.

The barrette pin may be finished in any suitable way. As shown, theback-plate affords a flange around its entire periphery and this may beutilized to receive a faceplate or front 20 which may be secured to itby rolling its edge flange 21 over the backplate, as shown in Figs. 1and 2. But other forms of fronts or face-plates may be used, and othermodes of attaching them, such as soldering, riveting, closing-in, andthe like, In the case of metal fronts, we prefer to draw up the edges ofthe face-plate and roll it on the back-plate, as shown, since thisconstruction gives the strongest and best results, as owing to the factthat there is a margin of back-plate surrounding the joint and catch itis possible to have a continuous rolled-in edge all around. In all casesthe front or face-plate serves as a support to hold the pin-tongue inthe back-plate, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 6. The joint and catch beingintegral with the back-plate are stronger and neater than if madeseparately and soldered on.

The head of the double pin-tongue is so held in the joint that it cannotbe broken from the joint, and it fits in the joint easily and so as tooscillate or turn therein freely when the pin-tongue is being opened orclosed. There is, also, at all times while closed an upward springinessin the pintongue, due to its relation to the joint, which tends toprevent accidental opening of the barrette pin.

While we prefer to make the head of the pin-tongue as shown, yet suchhead may be solid or otherwise formed.

What we claim is 2- 1. A barrette pin, having a double pintongue, and aback-plate provided with a joint for said pin-tongue, and also havingintegral with it and cupped up from its body a hollow projection havingits top wall depressed and divided to form division walls in said hollowprojection and provide a guard-catch in which there are two pocketshaving curved side walls, said pockets separated from one another bysaid depressed portion to independently receive the points of the limbsof the pin-tongue and conceal them and hold them apart, the said curvedwalls serving as guides to direct the points of the pin-tongue into saidpockets.

2. A barrette pin, having a double pintongue, and a back plate having ahollow joint adapted to receive the head of the double pin-tongue, andprovided with separate slots through which the limbs of the pin-tongueproject, and also having integral with it and cupped up from its body ahollow guard-catch having its top provided with a central longitudinaldepression dividing the said catch into two lobes having curved tops,said lobes cut away at front and separated by a central opening in thebottom of said depression, whereby there are formed independent pocketsin the guardcatch having curved side walls adjacent to said centralopening and in which pockets the points of the limbs of the pin-tongueare separately concealed and held apart, the said curved side wallsserving as guides for directing the points of the pin-tongue into saidpockets through said central opening.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 14th day ofAugust A. D. 1908.

' JAMES o. DORAN. JAMES A. DORAN.

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